MAD.SCI Libe: Demos!

!Demos!

Demonstrations for home and the classroom. The age level varies for specific activities, but most of these sites feature activites for K-12 students.

General Sites

The Edible/Inedible Experiments Archive.. is now open for business, courtesy of MAD Labs.
Reeko's Mad Scientist Labs: Experiments for kids of all ages.
Hands on Science: San Francisco Exploratorium
* Bizarre Stuff You Can Make In Your Kitchen: Edible, inedible and non-edible..
Science Oddities and Experiments: At Yahooligans (Yahoo for kids).
SandLot Science: Illusions of various types, visual and auditory.

Global Science Projects

Many Internet projects encourage K-12 students to collect and submit data for projects at research institutions. Try your hand at science in the field!

Online Listing of Collaborative Internet Projects: Science and non-science projects..
EnviroNet: Simmons College. Information on environmental issues including online projects involving K-12 students.
Sharing NASA: Collaborative endeavors pairing students with ongoing NASA projects.

Astronomy

Amazing Space: Classroom activites concerning "space" and celestial objects.
Eyes on the sky, feet on the ground: Activities for grade school and secondary-school students concerning concepts in astronomy.

Biological Sciences

Youthfacts: Entomology projects at the University of Kentucky, Lexington.
DNA Learning Center: Classroom activites for learning about recombinant DNA. (Cold Spring Harbor Labs).
SolaDome FAQ: Information concerning the 'how to-s' of hydroponics
C-Fern: U. Tennessee, Knoxville. Teaching lessons and lab experiments using the fern Ceratopteris

Chemistry

Chemical Demonstrations: From the sci.chem FAQ. Demostrations range from simple (illustrate Pressure/Temperature relations) to more advanced topics (Thermite reaction; electrochemistry).
The Delights of Chemistry: Demonstrations with explanations at the University of Leeds. Also try their pages on Chemistry Lecture Demonstrations
Chemistry Lecture Demos: Chemistry Learning Center, UIUC.
Polymers Laboratory Activities: Dept. Materials Science, U. Illinois - includes video clips of the demonstrations (the making of nylon and various plastics), overviews and explanations.

Earth Sciences

Kids as Global Scientists: Exercises, demonstrations, and explanations concerning meteorology (the weather).

Mathematics

Problem of the Week: Math Forum, Drexel University.
Mersenne Prime Search: Distributed computing project to find large prime numbers. Free software for windows & UNIX platforms can be downloaded and run as a screensaver when your computer is idle.

Physics

Science Hobbyist: Physics Demos: Electricity, mechanics, optics and links to a plethora of other sites with demonstrations.
PIRA Webring: Physics Instruction Resource Association. Links to numerous sites with online physics demos.
Science Explorations: K-12 demostrations in the physical sciences.
Liquid Nitrogen Icecream: Ice cream for the masses.

Miscellaneous

Illusion Works: Online Illusions and interactive demos.
Hey kids, try making your own Silly Putty.
Pickle Electrocution (or the advent of the kosher dill as a source of organic luminescence). Attempt only with adult supervision given the risks for shock.